Committeewoman Denice DiCarlo has made it her mission to revitalize the Field of Dreams, a community-built playground where safety regulations have fallen behind.

At this week’s committee meeting, DiCarlo said two township industries are committed to supporting the project, both financially and physically. Solvey Solexis is donating between $15,000 and $20,000. Johnson Matthey Pharmaceuticals is giving $15,000 while and the company’s catalyst division is donating $30,000. Between 160 and 170 employees are volunteering their time from the companies as well.

During DiCarlo’s campaign for election to the committee, her husband’s employer, Johnson Matthey, had appointed a new operations director who wanted to get involved with the community.

“Field of Dreams seemed like a logical place to go,” DiCarlo said of the playground that sits adjacent to Grove Road’s Little League complex. “It’s in need of some love.”

In 1996 the park was built by community volunteers. Now, DiCarlo said, it needs to be “revitalized.”

“It is probably the biggest playground in West Deptford from a usage prospective,” DiCarlo said. It needs “yards and yards and yards of mulch,” rubber on the concrete baseball diamond, equipment repair, a powerwash and restained wood.

The repairs need to be made while keeping up with playground safety guidelines along with the provisions of the American Disabilities Act while not altering the initial community project, DiCarlo said.

The companies are also interested in maintaining the Field of Dreams for the future, she said.

This week DiCarlo and Deputy Mayor Sean Kilpatrick will sit down with representatives from Johnson Matthey and Solvey Solexis to nail down a schedule, but the committeewoman said she estimates that a total of three days would be needed to complete the project.

DiCarlo said she had also reached out to an art teacher in the district who did the original painting when the playground was built.

“It’s exciting. From a personal perspective ... I remember when I would go there with my now 17-year- old,” she said. But,“It’s in dire need of some love. The township needs it, and the companies want to give back.”